republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/133/hb-168.md

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Bill	Establish affirmative defense-certain hazardous substance release	Establish affirmative defense-certain hazardous substance release	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	133	HB 168	Ohio HB 168 (133)	bill	Courts and Civil Law Civil Law Environment and Natural Resources Environment and Natural Resources Waste Disposal	enacted	Steven Arndt	8	12	6	2019-03-26	2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ca6f9b00-17f0-4f07-92a6-2b72ed770651	http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb168/	481b24a7826d12b97327042858d6a36bc0db191fdf5875badd4bc13b448929d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-oh

Ohio HB 168 (133) — Establish affirmative defense-certain hazardous substance release

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed by the House (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. As Re-reported by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. As Recommitted to the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee (committee substitute) — source
6. As Reported by the House Civil Justice Committee (committee substitute) — source
7. As Reported by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee (committee substitute) — source
8. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported - Substitute — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported - Substitute — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported - Substitute — 10–1 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurred in Senate amendments — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Steven Arndt — primary (person)
• Adam Holmes, A. — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
• Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
• Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
• Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
• Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
• Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
• Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
• Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
• J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
• James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey Smith, T. — cosponsor (person)
• John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
• John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
• Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
• Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
• Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
• Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
• Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
• Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
• Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
• Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
• Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
• Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
• Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-03-26 Introduced introduction
• 2019-04-02 Refer to Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 Reported
• 2019-05-30 Passed passage
• 2019-06-04 Introduced reading-1
• 2019-06-19 Refer to Committee referral-committee
• 2019-12-04 Reported
• 2020-03-04 Recommitted
• 2020-05-06 Passed passage
• 2020-05-06 Reported
• 2020-05-13 Concurred in Senate amendments amendment-passage
• 2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00 Effective 9/15/20 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca6f9b00-17f0-4f07-92a6-2b72ed770651. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).